An alluring road unfurls before you. It is vibrant and gravity-defying, filled with oddities not commonly seen by a typical human being. In the distance, you can spot a man, perched aside the pavement. This man, Supersillyus, is your newfound guide down a path that he alone can escort you, and the road is titled Charade.

While this album may only be six tracks in length, contained within each song is a pilgrimage of the strange, curious, and interesting, totaling over 40 minutes when combined. While a psychedelic sound design may seem the obvious focal point, the intricate drum work and charming melodic songwriting should not go unnoticed to the observant individual. With his fans in mind, Supersillyus has joined forces with Gravitas Music to circulate his elaborate creation. Epic album art hand painted by Mary Murph. If you enjoy this release consider donating via Bandcamp!

A perfect soundtrack for any trip into outer space, Wolf-e-Wolf’s Purple Planet is his first full-length album for Gravitas Recordings. Influences from deep dubstep and modern trap come together to create a fusion simultaneously digestible yet original. Swirling arpeggiation and cosmic synthesis populate this distant world, with 9 tracks that bob between vibes and tempos painlessly. Intermixing tribal styles and psychedelic bass, Of The Trees brings a bit of glitch hop flavor to Star Sniper, while California’s Shlump takes the title track and morphs it into a pulsing, swampy closer for the release. Mastering by Nick Wolfe. Artwork by Chris Halderman.

Steeped in contemporary sound design and clever melody, the latest release from Russia’s Mindex is quite a funky one. The Flavor lives up to it’s name, with tasty bass comprising the main course seasoned with groovy hip-hop influenced drum work. Crisp production is a strong uniting factor throughout the album. While all five songs are delivered in sync, each has their own distinct zest collated by jazzy progressions and retro electric piano. “Don’t Try To Teach Me” initiates the EP with soulful vocals from fellow Moscow-based musician Milena Sarkisyan. Demonstrating the true cutting-edge quality of present-day electronic music, “Prism Cutter” bounces effortlessly between psychedelia and glitch-hop from moment to moment. Concluding on a melancholic note, “Jazzy Mood” goes a bit deeper with smooth swing-filled percussion and just the right dose of live brass. The ever generous Gravitas Recordings has once again made this album available through their free/pay-what-you-want model, hoping to catch the ears of bass music fans as well as those who grew up on blues, jazz, and funk. Artwork by Slava Mindex.

After what some Electrocado fans may have feared as an indefinite hiatus, Mr. Bill and Ryanosaurus return at last to serve up Scribble. Prepare your palate for a digital mural of moist, misty-morning-drive anthems, bass-laden beat burgers, and savory electronica. The latest Electrocado offering is loaded with juicy sound-quenchers and studded with tasty collabs featuring Circuit Bent, FM Radio Gods, and Morgan Agren. Scribble is flecked with the auditory oddities of crunchy snares and saucy slaps, rippled with acoustic riffs, and sprinkled with whistley whimsical bits, all aiming to indulge a gluttonous ear. The avo-lution of Electrocado is apparent: with the last 3 years being focused on their individual projects, the duo have emerged once again to reveal their most stylistically varied album yet. Scribble is carefully concocted to leave the robust soundscape wafting through your daydreams and lingering into your afterthoughts.

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Altered Projections, the newest release from Zebbler Encanti Experience and Gravitas Recordings, is like a stained-glass digital consciousness that has been shattered and reassembled to produce an alternate color spectrum. Tonally textured and brilliantly organic, this release delivers crystal-clear bass music crafted by an legendary lineup of forward-thinking producers, glued together by the sounds originally conceived in the production of Psychic Projections. This release is also available on the Physical Artifact ZEE USB release. Mastered by Encanti with artwork by Ctl.Alt.Design.